Altaro states that it takes less than 15 minutes from the beginning of the installation to the first backup of a VM.
Let’s see if this is true… :)
Requirements:
- Hypervisor:
VMware vSphere 6.7 – 5.0
Microsoft Hyper-V 2019 – 2008R2 - Altaro VM Backup Server
Windows Server 2019 – 2008R2 - Altaro Management Tools (UI)
Windows Server 2019 – 2008R2
Windows (64bit) 10 – 7
To get the full system requirements go to www.altaro.com
Lab environment:
- VMware vSphere 6.7
- Altaro VM Backup Server: Windows Server 2012 R2
- Backupdevice: Synology Diskstation
Installation:
- Download the installer from www.altaro.com
- Execute the installer
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000166.png)
- Go through the wizard, accept the license agreement and (if needed) change the destination folder.
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000167.png)
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- After the installation is finished, the management console can be started directly.
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000171.png)
- At the first start, the console asks which server to connect to. Since the console is executed directly on the server, select “This Computer” and “Login automatically on next run”
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000172.png)
- The Dashboard will guide you through the configuration with a step-by-step guide
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000173.png)
- Select “Add Hyper-V / VMware Host
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000174.png)
- Choose VMware vCenter Server
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000175.png)
- Add the vCenter FQDN und admin credentials for vCenter. You can use Test Connection to verify the correct settings.
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000177.png)
- At least confirm configuration an finish
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000178.png)
- After adding your host, you have to choose where the backups will be stored.
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000179.png)
- Initial you can select Physical Drive or Network Path. For Backup on the Disktation I choose Network Path.
After you’ve created you first backup location, it is possible to add more destinations for offsite backup on e.g. Amazon S3 or Azure.
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000180.png)
- I’ve created a simple share on Diskstation and added it.
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000181.png)
- After finishing this step, the new backup location should be visible in dashboard.
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000183.png)
- Now you can Drag & Drop a virtual machine to the new backup location.
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000185.png)
- After that select the machine an click on “Take Backup”
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000186-1024x183.png)
- The First Backup will take a few minutes (depending on the size of your vm)
- On the dashboard you can follow the progress
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000189.png)
- After the process is finished you will see the allocated space and Dedup and Compression Rate of your first backup.
![](https://blog.ganser.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/altaro_vmbackup_review_000193-1-1024x237.png)
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